MoEF Urged to Issue Final Notification
Toughening its stand against the Union and State governments over the Gadgil and Kasturirangan panel reports on Western Ghats, the Paschima Ghatta Jana Samrakshana Samithi has urged the Ministry of Environment
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Only 37 pc of Western Ghats ecologically sensitive: report
Marking a major departure from the report of the committee led by ecologist Madhav Gadgil that had called for declaring the entire Western Ghats as an ecologically sensitive area (ESA), the 10-member high-level
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Implement Gadgil report after debates in grama sabhas: greens
Say Ghats reports not sacred; want people to have the final word The Gadgil panel report should be implemented after it is debated in the grama sabhas and necessary changes made to it. This was the view that emerged after a day-long programme organised by the Western Ghat Protection Forum, a collective of over 25 environmental organisations from the State.
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NGO wants govt to accept panel report on W Ghats
Dharwad-based NGO Jan Sangram Parishat (JSP) has urged the Union and the state governments concerned to accept and implement the report of the Western Ghats Expert Panel submitted to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests on August 31, 2011. JSP convenor S R Hiremath said here at the weekend that the report submitted by the panel headed by scientist Madhav Gadgil had come out with concrete steps to preserve and conserve the Western Ghats which was facing the threat of serious ecological imbalance.
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MoEF invites comments from public on Kasturirangan committee report
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has called for suggestions and comments from various stakeholders on the Kasturirangan review committee report that has classified 122 villages in the state as ecosensitive areas along the Western Ghats. A high-level working group (HLWG) on Western Ghats, chaired by K Kasturirangan, had reviewed the Madhav Gadgil-chaired Western Ghats Experts Ecology Panel (WGEEP) report as all the five states along the Western Ghats had raised objections against the Gadgil report.
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Gadgil report to decide fate of mining around sanctuaries
PANJIM: Madhav Gadgil committee appointed to study aspects relating to Western Ghats, in its interim report, slated to be submitted before June 30 will pronounce its verdict on mining in the state
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MoEF blamed for imposing Kasturirangan report
PANJIM: The Goa government, has criticized the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), alleging that it is trying to force the recommendations of the K Kasturirangan-led working group on the
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Bid to implement Gadgil report will be opposed
Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has said the government will oppose any move by the National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre to implement the recommendations of the Western Ghats Ecology
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Greens upset with Kasturirangan report
The Union ministry of environment and forests' (MoEF) decision in accepting 'in principle' the Kasturirangan report with a new definition of Western Ghats and delineation of its ecologically sensitive
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Caught between mining row and Ghats report
People of Chakkittapara say they have lived as one with nature, seek people’s report “If they touch us, it will be another Jallianwala Bagh here,” Chakkittapara grama panchayat president K. Sunil shouts over the anxious din of a grama sabha held at Muthukad Lower Primary School on the slopes of the Western Ghats on Wednesday.
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Gadgil flays ministry of environment and forests 's acceptance of Kasturirangan report
The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) in principle acceptance of the Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats, defining the extent of the ghats and the ecologically sensitive area (ESA) subject
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Anna urges PM to back Gadgil report on W Ghats
Environmental Fraternity Throws Its Weight Behind City-Based Ecologist's Recommendations To Protect ESAs In 12 Dists Social crusader Anna Hazare on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to accept
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Hunger strike over Western Ghats reports
The Pashchimaghatta Janasamrakashana Samithi, Kozhikode, as part of its campaign against the implementation of the V.S. Gadgil and the K. Kasturirangan reports on Western Ghats protection, is on an indefinite
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Working group moots check on devt on 60,000 sq kms of Western Ghats
The 10-member panel has also moved away from the suggestions of the Gadgil panel A crucial report on Western Ghats prepared by K Kasturirangan-led high-level working group (HLWG) has recommended prohibition on development activities in 60,000 sq km ecologically sensitive area spread over Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The 10-member panel, constituted to examine the Western Ghats ecology expert panel report prepared under the leadership of environmentalist Madhav Gadgil, has also moved away from the suggestions of the Gadgil panel.
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99 villages are ecologically sensitive areas: Report
PANJIM: At least 99 villages including around 90 in the heart of the State’s mining belts of Sattari and Sanguem have been declared ecologically sensitive areas under the Environment Protection Act, 1976, by the Kasturirangan report, amidst accusations that it had sought to dilute the Gadgil panel report. The high-powered committee was formed by the Centre to study and recommend ways to implement the Madhav Ghadgil report on UNESCO featured biodiversity hotspot, the Western Ghats.
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Kasturi draft legal till final notification comes: NGT
Thiruvananthapuram: Much to Kerala’s relief, the National Green Tribunal validated the draft notification issued by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on Kasturirangan committee report and
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Report finds rumours, fear-mongering in Western Ghats eco-sensitive area
PUNE: "If your village is declared as part of the eco-sensitive area (ESA) then no one will want to marry your daughters" — This is just one of the reasons being bandied about in villages to drum up opposition
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1,700 illegal quarries in State: Gadgil
Madhav Gadgil, eminent ecologist, has alleged that 1,700 illegal quarries are operating in the crest line of sensitive areas of the Western Ghats in Kerala. Dr. Gadgil, who had chaired the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel, the report of which led to an uproar in the State, was speaking at a function organised by the Central University of Orissa, Koraput, to confer the Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) on him.
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Western Ghats expert panel report out in public domain
Recommending scrapping of two controversial hydro-power projects in Karnataka and Kerala that had run into difficulty due to opposition from environmentalists, the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) has suggested setting up of a statutory authority to protect the Ghats. The report of the panel, headed by Madhav Gadgil, formerly with the Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, has called for cancellation of Karnataka's Gundia and Kerala's Athirapally hydro-projects, and gradual phasing out of mining activities in ecologically highly-sensitive areas of Goa by 2016.
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Assembly for changes in Western Ghats report
Centre urged to reject ‘anti-farmer’ recommendations The State Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution urging the Union government to reject the “anti-farmer” recommendations of the Kasturirangan Committee, besides totally exempting thickly populated centres and agriculture land while identifying Ecologically Sensitive Areas, taking into consideration the apprehension of the people.